Massachusetts man charged with fatally stabbing his mother

Updated 1:46 pm, Thursday, December 1, 2016

BROCKTON, Mass. (AP) — An 18-year-old Massachusetts man charged with fatally stabbing his mother has been held without bail.

Frantz Polynice (POL'-uh-neese) was arraigned Thursday on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the death Wednesday of 44-year-old Mania Meneide (muh-NEE'-yuh muh-NEED') in the family's Brockton home.

Authorities say she was stabbed in the head, neck and torso.

Plymouth District Attorney Timothy Cruz says investigators are still trying to determine the motive. But according to the police report, the suspect's grandmother said he had recently dropped out of college, been depressed, and on Tuesday had refused to get out of the car when his mother drove him to the airport for a trip to Haiti.

Polynice's lawyer called it a "tragic situation" but did not discuss specifics of the case.